Jahid Devlin, 22, was shot and killed outside the Churchman Funeral Home on 13th Avenue about noon on Wednesday, authorities say.Star-Ledger file photo

NEWARK — Authorities investigating a homicide said today that the victim was shot and killed as he left a wake.

Jahid Devlin, 22, was leaving services at the Churchman Funeral Home on 13th Avenue around noon on Wednesday when he was shot multiple times in a "targeted attack," according to Anthony Ambrose, the chief of detectives for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office.

Devlin was pronounced dead at University Hospital in Newark a short time later, added Katherine Carter, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor.

Authorities have made no arrests yet, and have not released a motive for the killing.

A Churchman Funeral Home service was listed for 11 a.m. for a 38-year-old Newark man who died on April 15, according to an obituary.

Devlin had spent time in prison, according to state corrections records. He had been arrested at least twice for disorderly conduct and drug offenses, and was last released from prison in late 2012, the records show.

Authorities are asking anyone with information on the shooting death to contact the prosecutor’s anonymous tips line at (877) 847-7432.